January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 343 days remaining until the end of the year (344 in leap years). This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Wednesday or Thursday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Saturday (56).
NATIONAL BLONDE BROWNIE DAY
NATIONAL BLONDE BROWNIE DAY
1528 - England and France declare war on Emperor Charles V.
1689 - Prince William of Orange (future King William III of Britain), summons Convention Parliament to discuss ruling jointly with his wife Mary (daughter of exiled King James II).
1771 ― Spain cedes the Falkland Islands to Britain.
1840 ― New Zealand Company settlers arrive aboard the Aurora at Te Whanganui a Tara, which becomes Port Nicholson, Wellington.
1771 ― Spain cedes the Falkland Islands to Britain.
1840 ― New Zealand Company settlers arrive aboard the Aurora at Te Whanganui a Tara, which becomes Port Nicholson, Wellington.
1881 ― Ancient Egyptian obelisk "Cleopatra's Needle" erected in Central Park, New York.
1899 ― Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation.
1901 ― The death of Queen Victoria ends an era in which most of her British subjects know no other monarch. Her 63-year reign, the longest in British history, saw the growth of an empire on which the sun never set. Victoria restored dignity to the English monarchy and ensured its survival as a ceremonial political institution.
1905 ― In St. Petersburg, Russia, a large demonstration of workers led by Father Gapon, march to the Winter Palace with a petition to the Tsar; troops fire on protesters in what becomes known as 'Bloody Sunday'.
1909 ― Russian artist and art theorist, Wassily Kandinsky, forms Kunstlerverein in Munich. Kandinsky is credited with painting one of the very first works of abstract art.
1905 ― In St. Petersburg, Russia, a large demonstration of workers led by Father Gapon, march to the Winter Palace with a petition to the Tsar; troops fire on protesters in what becomes known as 'Bloody Sunday'.
1909 ― Russian artist and art theorist, Wassily Kandinsky, forms Kunstlerverein in Munich. Kandinsky is credited with painting one of the very first works of abstract art.
1943 ― The American and British invasion at Anzio (Operation Shingle) in the Italian Campaign of WWII begins. Initially, the Allies are virtually unopposed.
1957 ― Ending the Suez Crisis, Israeli forces withdraw from the Sinai Peninsula.
1969 ― Orbiting Solar Observatory 5 is launched into earth orbit.
1987 ― Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself at a press conference on live national television, leading to debates on boundaries in journalism.
1990 ― President Mikhail Gorbachev sends Red Troops into the Soviet republic of Azerbaijan.
1969 ― Orbiting Solar Observatory 5 is launched into earth orbit.
1973 ― The Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion by handing down their decision in the case of Roe v. Wade.
1980 ― Russian dissidents Andrei Sakharov and Yelena Bonner are arrested in Moscow and banished to Gorky.
1982 ― In a revival of the diplomacy “linkages” that were made famous by Henry Kissinger during the Nixon years, the administration of President Ronald Reagan announces that further progress on arms talks will be linked to a reduction of Soviet oppression in Poland.
1985 ― Low temperature of -30°F (-34°C) is reached in Mountain Lake Bio Station, VA (state record).
1987 ― Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself at a press conference on live national television, leading to debates on boundaries in journalism.
1990 ― President Mikhail Gorbachev sends Red Troops into the Soviet republic of Azerbaijan.
1998 ― In a Sacramento, California, courtroom, Theodore J. Kaczynski pleads guilty to all federal charges against him, acknowledging his responsibility for a 17-year campaign of package bombings attributed to the “Unabomber.”
1999 ― Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
2002 ― K-Mart Corp becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
2007 - The jury portion of the trial against Robert Pickton, accused of being Canada's worst serial killer, opens in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.
2014 - Water vapor is detected on the dwarf planet Ceres.
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2007 - The jury portion of the trial against Robert Pickton, accused of being Canada's worst serial killer, opens in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.
2014 - Water vapor is detected on the dwarf planet Ceres.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1552 – Walter Raleigh, English poet, soldier, courtier, and explorer (d. 1618)
1561 – Francis Bacon, English philosopher and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (d. 1626)
1645 – William Kidd, Scottish sailor and pirate hunter (d. 1701)
1788 – George Gordon, Lord Byron, English poet and playwright (d. 1824)
1849 – August Strindberg, Swedish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1912)
1904 – George Balanchine, Russian-American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the New York City Ballet (d. 1983)
1552 – Walter Raleigh, English poet, soldier, courtier, and explorer (d. 1618)
1561 – Francis Bacon, English philosopher and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (d. 1626)
1645 – William Kidd, Scottish sailor and pirate hunter (d. 1701)
1788 – George Gordon, Lord Byron, English poet and playwright (d. 1824)
1849 – August Strindberg, Swedish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1912)
1904 – George Balanchine, Russian-American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the New York City Ballet (d. 1983)
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